hygienist. was not armed at the time. so all of the shots that were fired -- and shots were fired if two different locations -- all of those shots were fired by law enfo enforcement officers. as i said, she had her 1-year-old child in the car with her when this happened. and we're told that the child will be okay, was taken to an a area hospital for observation but is expected to be just fine. and as far as the road closures, there were a number of them overnight, just a short time ago we got the word most of those roads have reopened. we have this one closure in the 100 block of constitution avenue. reporting live on capitol hill, megan mcgrath, news 4. back to you in the studio. right now the fbi and stamford, connecticut, police are combing through miriam carey's apartment looking for any clues as to what led to the shooting on capitol hill. molette green has more on that. that's right, aaron. authorities want to know everything they can about miriam carey, so they did, they went to her apartment in stamford, connecticut, to find answers as to why she came to washington with her 1-year-old child and

led authorities on this wild chase. the 34-year-old had a good relationship with her mother and her sisters. one of whom is a retired nypd sergeant. neighbors in her apartment complex don't know what to think. >> a little bit of fear, too. it's one of those situations where at the end of the day you really don't know your neighb s neighbors. it's an emotional thing especially when it's at your home. >> now there are many questions about carey's mental health. we're going to have more on that coming up in a bit. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> molette, thank you. this morning one of the officers hurt during the crash is out of the hospital, expected to be fine after he crashed into a barrier. the capital officer, a 23-year veteran of the force slammed into security barriers that were near 1st and constitution, less than half of a mile from where the suspect's car crashed. that officer is waking up at home after being released from

washington hospital center. we don't know the officer's name just yet. d.c. police say a secret service police officer was also hurt. however, we have not heard how badly that person is hurt. we have much more about the shooting and the chase that happened on capitol hill and put it on lockdown. head to nbcwashington.com anytime for are more of the dramatic videos and photos as well as the latest on the investigation. it is time now to check our forecast. the weather has been warmer and the humidity creeping back as well. really feeling like summer. >> turned the ac on in the car. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> with that humidity coming back, patchy dense fog in the rural areas. watch out for that. watch out for deer, watch out for pedestrians this morning if you're driving around early. we're going to have the fog around. temperatures are generally right around 60 degrees in fairfax county, prince george's county and montgomery county, closer to washington. the low to mid-60s as well as right around the chesapeake bay. we'll have that patchy fog

around through 8:00, 9:00 this morning with sunshine and in the upper 60s by 10:00 should be in the mid-70s. the fog should be gone by then. then by noontime partly cloudy. into the low 80s. sun rises at 7:07. hometown forecast, allegheny county, cumberland, there by noontime should be partly sunny and in the upper 70s. a look at the rest of your friday and friday night coming in ten minutes. traffic now with danella. good morning, tom. well, here is what i'm track in if you're traveling the beltway, a couple of work zones look to be clear in prince george's county. you know there's overnight work. if you traveled anytime in the last week, the outer loop of the beltway, the earlier work zone, that looks to be gone. inner loop, there was a work zone for folks traveling between pennsylvania avenue heading to arena drive. again, that looks clear as well. we'll head back over to route 50 in virginia. eastbound lanes are blocked at 28. you'll be forced off at 28 and you'll have to continue your commute. you may want to consider jumping on 6 instead, active investigation is what's happening. may take some time to clean and

you can see quite a large response to this earlier crash. i'm going to keep tracking this for you. i'm back in ten minutes. 4:35 is your time now. we expect to learn this morning if congress will work through the weekend to try and end the government shutdown. right now the house is expected to be back on capitol hill at 10:00. and the senate will return at 10:30 for a second day some democrats also planned to rally with those affected by the stalemate. yesterday they protested with seniors. today they will demonstrate the with furloughed workers on capitol hill. the shutdown is about to hit the wallets of federal workers pretty hard. today is the last day they will receive a paycheck. student loans are stopping. the house will vote as soon as today on a measure to approve back pay for those furloughed, but they wouldn't receive the money until after the shutdown is over. and the labor department will not release its monthly jobs report today. it's usually an important indicator of the economic

recove recovery. the impact of the shutdown are starting to spread from paychecks to the prospect this debate could soon merge with the looming debt ceiling debate. tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. we only have a few weeks until the debt ceiling debate gets under way. lawmakers trying to wrap this up. republicans are trying the strategy of a piece meal approach trying to pass bills to get individual parts of the government function iing again. they've already passed five of them. they have 11 more that they plan to vote on in the next few days. and while the workers that you were just talking about are certainly frustrate d getting their final paychecks today, lawmakers are getting frustrated, too. >> we should be dysfunctional government. there's no reason other than one man, speak er boehner. he doesn't have the courage to stand up to that small ban of anarchists. >> the president refuseses to

work in a bipartisan way has led us to this shutdown. >> reporter: so today we can expect votes as early as today on whether or not these workers will get back pay off the shutdown is all over and also on those 11 measures, bringing those workers back to wok. they include restoring benefits for women, infants and children, schools like head start and meat inspections and the fda. >> as we follow every twist and turn, get the latest on nbcwashington.com including daily updates on how the standoff is affecting you. there are a lot of questions this morning about the driver behind the chaos on capitol hill. what one of her former employers is saying about the ibs dent as we learn new information about her meantal health. we are tracking your weekend forecast and the potential impact tropical storm karen could have on our region next

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welcome back at 4:41. the naval academy feeling the effects of a government shutdown. more than half of its faculty furloughed because they are

civ civilians, more than 900 professors and other staff members. the academy trying to get military faculty to cover extra classes but it still has to cancel several classes including physics and engineering. the u.s. military academy at west point and the air force academy have had to furlough civilian employees. the shutdown may help prince william county residents put off paying their property taxes. the county board of supervisors will discuss next tuesday whether to delay collecting personal property taxes known as the car tax. about 45,000 federal workers live in prince william county. the taxes are technically due tomorrow, so residents might face a 10% late fee if the board votes down the emergency legislation. the national cathedral wants to help couples who had to cancel weddings because of a shutdown. its bishop is inviting couples to tie the knot at the bishop's garden. she says the ceremonies would be free as well. at least two dozen couples had to postpone their weddings which were supposed to take place at sites on the national mall.

one of my ultimate favorite spots in washington, d.c., the cathedral is so beautiful. what a benefit. come on. >> not a bad replacement. let's get a check on your forecast now. here is tom. watch out for patchy fog in the rural areas. don't have any right around washington. that is a live view from our city camera early on this friday morning. right now around the region with that fog we have temperatures down to near 60 degrees around the metro area and it is down in the mid to upper 50s where the fog lingers. it will be around for another couple of hours, then by noontime partly cloudy, the low 80s. we should be hitting the upper 80s by midafternoon. certainly feeling summerlike in october. and then are for your friday evening, partly cloudy. we'll be in the 70s through the evening. into next week, that's all coming in ten minutes. now, danella, how is traffic? good morning, tom. keeping my eye on a couple of trouble spots, keep in mind your eastbound lanes of constitution avenue still shut down between

first and second street while police are investigating. over to the beltway traveling the inner loop, ramp to i-66 heading eastbound inside the beltway here as you travel there be aware there's an accident but luckily it's off to the shoulder lane. aaron and eun? the government shutdown leading to a showdown in one western state. the fight brewing in arizona over the closure of the grand canyon national park. also ahead, the shutdown weighing heavy on women. weighing heavy on women. the changes many say

february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell... ken cuccinelli joins tea party republicans to block the plan. but terry mcauliffe believes it's time to break through the gridlock in richmond. mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." welcome back. we're told 34-year-old miriam carey had a history of mental health issues. we're also hearing from one of her former employers. news 4's molette green has more

on that. eun, happening today a deeper look inside the woman behind the capitol chase. reports say miriam carey suffered from postpartum depression after she had her baby daughter. that's the one thing investigators will look into among many others as they pinpoint exactly what set off this event that put the capitol on lockdown. the 34-year-old stamford, connecticut, mother was college educated with a degree. she worked as a former dental hygienist. >> nothing would have led us to think this would have happened. >> there are reports carey suffered head trauma after falling down some stairs. she began to suffer mental health issues after that. according to interviews with her family members. carey was eventually fired from her job in 2012. that is the latest from the live desk. the back to you.

>> a report of gunfire on capitol hill. >> that is the alarm that rang out inside the u.s. capitol moments after shots were fired. the capitol was put on lockdown for about an hour. all roads surrounding the capitol were shut down. tourists were told to leave the area. 13 before the hour. the grand canyon will remain closed. arizona governor jan brewer offered it to use state money to reopen the national park. the superintendent rejected her proposal. about 2,200 people who work at the grand canyon national park and its hotels have been furloughed. this is the second time the park has been closed since it was created in 1919. there's a fwroeg problgrowit our monuments. the sights are starting to get trash. there's no one on staff to empty the trash cans around the area. there won't be any trash

collection at any areas maintained by the national park service until the shutdown is over. a u.s. park ranger getting high-level support this morning after she took the brunt of a republican congressman's anger. >> how dowden them access? i don't get that. >> difficult. i'm sorry, sir. >> park service should be ashamed of themselves. >> i'm not ashamed. >> you should be. >> that was the confrontation between the ranger and texas representative randy neugebauer. last night vice president joe biden called that park ranger to tell her he's proud of her, a former worker who overheard the tense moment confronted in neugebauer for the shutdown. >> the government shutdown is having a big impact on the fairer sex. a new survey by shespeaks and lippe taylor shows that women have more negative feelings about the shutdown than men. 43% of women say they will spend less money tu to their concern about the shutdown and when had

it will end. 76% feel worse about the country's future and 73% believe congress should have agreed on a compromise by now. what does this mean for the future? 36% of women say they'll be voting differently next year because of this shutdown. one local restaurant is trying to do what congress hasn't been able to do, end the government shutdown. bus boys and poets is holding a special town hall meeting to find a way to end the shutdown. it's asking representatives from labor organizations to offer some strategies. this morning the weather warnings are out along the gulf coast as storm karen inches closer. it's 4:49. that storm could reach hurricane force by tonight and landfall tomorrow night. beach businesseses are closing up shop. you can see here workers are moving lifeguard stands and chairs off the beach as well. pump stations are being readied especially in flood prone neighborhoods. the white house says fema will recall some workers to had help prepare for the storm karen. employees will return to

headquarters here in d.c. and field offices ahong the gulf. they did not say how many fema workers will be heading back to work. it is now 4:50. while you've been seeing temperatures in the 80s, it's a very different story in montana. western parts of the state received 10 inches of snow, 10! knocking out power to many homes. a winter storm advisory stretched from the plains to the rockies and through montana. temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s. we are having summerlike weather. the poor folks in montana might like it. i won't say poor folks. >> that's true. that is one of the systems heading in this direction. we may have to deal with something next week, right? >> that is a front that will be bringing us some rain, needed rain, here by monday. this morning we're dealing with some fog around and certainly is looking like fall here even though it's feeling like summer. this photo sent in by anita from rockville posted to

weather@nbcwashington.com. love it when you share your weather and nature photos with us and also on twitter and facebook. and we do have the you a it tum autumn colors. closer to washington here in this area in the orange, western maryland, the highlands in west virginia, they have some moderate color there. closer to washington we have some spotty color, some moderate color beginning to show up in the shenandoah valley the next day or two. patchy fog is what we're dealing with. where temperatures are down to near 60 closer to washington don't have much fog around. temperatures in the low to mid-60s. look at our temperature graph like a roller coaster again, quickly climbing into the low 80s by noon hitting mid and upper 80s by midafternoon throughout much of the region under a partly cloudy sky. then for your friday night should be partly cloudy, 70s through the evening. high school and college games tomorrow, it'll be hot.

afternoon highs again into the upper 80s on saturday and partly cloudy. sunday increasing clouds. highs mid-80s as that front approaches from the west. we'll likely get some rain hear on monday. it may draw in some of the tropical moisture from the remnants of karen so we could get some moderate downpours on monday and into monday evening. might have a lingering shower south and east. otherways drying out on tuesday with cooler weather to follow. we'll have highs reaching just near 70 by midweek next week. of all things that's about the average high for october acting like an autumn month again midweek next week. i'm back in ten minutes. here is danella. here is what i'm tracking in our area, still quiet out. if you're traveling 66, that's where you're trying to go from the inner loop much of the beltway, the ramp to eastbound 66. still seeing an accident off to your shoulder lane, down i-95, that's where we're about to go now. the earlier work zone in fairfax county parkway looks like it's

out of the roadway. there was a minor delay. so far it looks good. if you're traveling northbound i-95 the trip from prince william parkway to the capital beltway, heads up in virginia it if you're traveling route 50 heading inbound. route 50, keep in mind as you travel to 28 you'll be forced off there because of the accident investigation. i'm back this ten minutes. i'll give you a live look. it is now 4:53. capitol police found themselves in the middle of a dramatic chase in the heart of washington. >> we've been showing you highlights and the dangers they face on the job. coming up, the extra hardship placed on these officers because of the shutdown. the special tribute in the district, remembering the life of matthew shepard. >> and why metro work could make it hard to get around had this weekend.

welcome back. a montgomery county high school teacher is out of jail after posting bond. he is accused of sexually abusing a student. he is on leave from einstein high school in kensington after being arrested wednesday afternoon. police say over the past school year he developed a relationship with a female student. the two sent explicit e-mails back and forth. police were notified by the girl's parent after finding the e-mails. police are looking are for the two men you see here in surveillance video. these thieves stormed into a nail salon in prince george's

county and robbed it. you can see the armed men bursting into the salon. they go through employees' drawers and their pockets. one of the men hits and kicks o one of the salon workers. the video was taken last month at a salon in district heights. today the national cathedral will host the movie premiere that documents the victim of a high-pr high-profile deadly hate crime. the film is called "matthew shepard is a friend of mine. "it marks 15 years since he was abducted, tied to a fence and beaten in a remote area of wyoming. shepard's parents will attend the premiere and speak about their son's legacy. the screening is part of a series at the cathedral to honor and remember lbgt youth who face hateful bullying, discrimination and violence. today in fairfax county a celebration for a couple making a warrior ride across the country here to washington, d.c. army veterans darryl and roseanne mooney started their bicycle journey in washington state back in june. they were riding to raise

awareness for wounded service members and those who suffer with conditions like ptsd. occoquan will hold an arrival ceremony tonight. the mooneys will finish their journey to washington sunday morning. the race for governor of virginia is still very tight. check out the new poll numbers. democrat terry mcauliffe leads cuccinelli by five points. libertarian robert sarvis received 8% of the vote. mcauliffe leads because he has so much support from african-american and women voters. riding metro could take long er this weekend. some busy stations in d.c. are about to chose. along the red line, union station, judiciary square and farragut north will close tonight. gallery place will only serve the yellow and green lines and metro center will only serve blue and orange line trains. you can expect delays as well on the blue, yellow and green lines although all the stations on those lines are will stay open. things should be back to normal by monday morning.

stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. gunshots ringing out just steps from the national mall as a woman leads police on a deadly high-speed chase. what we're learning about the woman behind the wheel there. plus, you are looking live at the scene right now where police are still working. the impact this is having on the morning commute. and congress talking about easing the financial burden of hundreds of thousands of federal workers as the government shutdown drags into its fourth day with no deal in sight. good morning. i'm eun yang. and i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news 4 today." it is friday, october 4. we'll have much more on those stories for you. first, let's start with a look at your forecast with weather and traffic on the 1s. tom? it is mild and rather muggy on this friday morning. we have some patchy fog in many of the rural areas of virginia and there's a little bit in maryland as well in the rural areas where temperatures are around 60 to the upper 50s but

closer to washington generally we're in the low to mid-60s as well as around the bay. by 8:00 upper 60s. much of the fog will be dissipating by mid morning. by 10:00 we'll be into the mid-70s and then by noon it ought to be into the low 80s under a partly cloudy sky. and we have hometown forecast stafford, virginia, there by noontime it ought to be around 80 degrees. we'll take a look at your friday and friday night coming up in about ten minutes. first 4 traffic with danella. good morning. good morning, tom. here is what i'm tracking, another accident into the first alert traffic center. southbound gw parkway. accident reported in this area. seeing no delays just yet but i'm going to give you a heads-up about it. going to head back out to route 50 in virginia if you're traveling john hanson highway eastbound, lanes are blocked at 28. that's where you'll be forced off because of an accident here. it is starting to look a little better but still seeing the eastbound lanes bloc